Hello, I tried to get my Hauppauge DVBs 2.1 card running today, with some success, but...
Got 1.0.0-pre2 tarball, 2.4.21-pre5-ac3 kernel, debian testing, first time when I make insmod got a bunch of modules installed tried szap. No tuning occured since the satellite cable wasn't plugged. szap reported something about signal being 0. OK. So far so good, plugged the cable in, rebooted, make insmod, OK, then szap... Box crashed hard, nothing working, even HW power button, I had to press it more than 5 secs to get the forced ATX power halt. But when I powered that box on again, nothing, black screen... unplugged the DVB card from PCI slot, and it booted properly ! I've tried all pci slots with no luck, the screen remain desperately black when the card is in... Tried to remove VGA IRQ option from Bios. Removed remaining NIC PCI card. Nothing can get that box boot. I tried in another computer, nothing more than a black screen... Now comes my questions: Is the card screwed, or is there something else I can try ? No single chip seems to be burnt on the card, but I know it's not a proof of it being healthy. Has someone already encountered such kind of problem ? Oh, I was about to forgot that: I realised afterwards that my Sat Descrambler powered itself up on schedule during the DVBs attempts, and since the DVB is hooked to the LNB loop connector of that box... Is it possible that this had a bad effect on the PCI DVBs board ? A voltage spike ? Those cards seems rather fragile... It's a shame, since I had the intention to buy CI + card reader if I manage to get it working, but now... I don't think I'll spend 200 Euros more for such a bad piece of HW. Thanks for your attention. -- Vincent Legoll -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
